Hat-pin clasp.



C. RAUCH.

HAT PIN CLASP.

APPLlcATloN FILED AuG.3l. Isls.

Pmnd Deo. 25 1917.

. gum RcLuCz/ gg am wmem UNITED vSTATES PATENT oFrioE.

CHARLES BAUCH, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

BAT-PIN CLASP.

,specmcanon ofrettersratent.

Patented Dec. 25, 1917.

Application led lAugust 31, 1915. Serial No. 48,294.

To all/whom t may concern:

Beit' knownthat I,-CHAR LES RAUCH, a citizen ofthe-United States, residing at St.

Louis, ini thefcounty of St.' Louis and State a clasp orfastner to hold'tlie pin securely` against withdrawal.

A further object of the invention is to produce a simple and efiicient device which may be readily applied to the point and `which may be readily withdrawn by a pulling action on a certain part of the device.

With these and other ends in view which will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the improved construction and novel arrangement and combination of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawing has been illustrated a simple and preferred form of the invention, it being, however, understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited, but that changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of the claim may be resorted to when desired.

In the drawingf.-

Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of the body member of the device.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the sleeve or housing.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation showin the body inem er with the spring applied t ereto.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view showing the de vice complete.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view showing the device applied to a hat pin.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by like characters of reference.

The body member of the improved device comprises a bulb 15 having a shank 16 provided with a terminal flange 17, said shank being provided with a longitudinal bore 18 that extends within the bulb. The shank is provided with a longitudinal slot 19 extending from the flanged end in the direction of the bulb 15. The bod)7 member is made of metal or other material possessing a high degree of inherent resiliency; the prongs .a formed by the slot 19 will, therefore, be quite resilient.

The neck or shank of the device is surroundedby a coiled spring 20, one end of 'which abuts on the flange 17, while the other end of said spring initially abuts on the bulb 15, as will be best seen in Fig. 3. The'spring is surrounded by a housing consisting of a tapering sleeve 21 having at its narrow end an inwardly extending flange 22, the edge of whichis beveled as seen at to facilitate the entrance of'a point of "a'h'at pin.

The wide end of the sleeve 21 is provided with an inturned bead or flange 24 which may be formed in some convenient manner after assembling the sleeve with the body member, and which forms an abutment for the inner end of the coiled spring 20.

In practice, the spring 20 abutting at one end on the flange 17 of the body member and at the other end on the flange 24 of the housing will force the latter in the direction of the bulb 15, the parts being so proportioned that the tapering sleeve or housing will exert a compressing action on the prongs a. In order to apply the device it is grasped by the sleeve or housing 21, and the point of the pin, as seen at 25, is inserted through the beveled aperture formed by' the flange 22 at the narrow end of the housing, between the prongs a of the body member which is pushed against the tension of the spring 20. The pin point will now enter the bore 18 between the prongs a until its reaches the bottom of said bore when further movement is impossible. Now, when the housing is released the tendency of the spring 20 will be to restore the body member and the housing to their initial position, thereby causing the tapering end of the sleeve to exert a clamping action on the prongs between which the pm will thus be securely held. The device, it will thus be seen, forms a pin protector and also a guard or fastening device which will prevent the withdrawal of the pin through the hat or other object engaged thereby. To re move the device the pin is grasped by one hand, and the bulb 15 is grasped by the other hand and pulled in an outward direc tion, thus compressing the spring 20 and moving the flanged end of the shank toward the wide portion of the housing, permitting the prongs to expand, thereby releasing the grasp on the pin and permitting the device to be readily removed.

As will be seen from the foregoing description, I have provided a. device of simple, inexpensive and attractive cons'tr'uct'iov tached Tand' which' Will" b'e' effective for the provided.

Having thus, descrihedthe inventionmghat Vfound thoroiiglilf purpose for fwhihlit 11s.

In a devi'f 'the dass de sribdiffiy member comprising ajbulb havingashank Provided, ,with .a terminal .n flange Saidi ,body

member beingfffas'liioned Aof resilientgmaterial and provided vvithj a bore extending longitudinally thro''ghfz'the shank intothe bullbrand. ivith a; Slot bilij'nrcating the shank to form' ,clampii1g. j airs; :having outwardly @Xthdilg llalges aft/:their jff ends, incom- Athe'ls'mall end of the which may be very readily applied 01--d-e----- 'Cliallyf .ati one i end m'f'; washington, D. (2.

Vhination with a housing consisting of a sleeve of tapering form through its entire length, said sleeve `surrounding the shank and having terminal flanges, the ange at sleeve lying in the path ofthe flanges of the clampingpjavvs and havingf'beveled edge to facilitatel the entranceof th-e ,p 1`n`point; and a spring coiled looselyabout the`clamping jaws formedby the slotted sh ank, saidlspring abntting'termjon rthe flange at' the :other end of'v'the sleevefland,atgtlie4 other endfon the flangesrof the clamping .jaws to; directly eniageandfactuategthesames .uw A

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